Cattaraugus County

MULTIRACIAL PROFILE

The 2000 Census questionnaire was the first to allow respondents to select more than one race
. Nationwide, approximately 2.4 percent of the population, over 6.8 million Americans, marked an identification with two or more races.

As is the case with many racial and ethnic groups, the multiracial population is not evenly distributed across the country. Hawaii has the largest multiracial population with 24.1 percent of its population identifying with two or more races. Alaska follows a distant second with 5.4 percent identifying as multiracial. The five least multiracial states (Mississippi, West Virginia, Maine, Alabama and South Carolina) all have multiracial populations of less than 1 percent.

For more on the geography of the U.S. multiracial population, see our multiracial map
.

Number of Races Selected

Number

Percent of Total

Percent of Multiracial

Two Races

808

0.96%

95.40%

Three Races

34

0.04%

4.01%

Four Races

1

0.00%

0.12%

Five Races

4

0.00%

0.47%

Six Races

0

0.00%

0.00%

Multiple Race Combinations by Frequency

Rank

Multiple Race Selection

Number

Percent of Total Population

Percent of Multiple Race Population

1.

White and American Indian

353

0.42%

41.68%

2.

White and Black

223

0.27%

26.33%

3.

White and Asian

86

0.10%

10.15%

4.

White and Some Other Race

84

0.10%

9.92%

5.

Black and American Indian

20

0.02%

2.36%

6.

White and Black and Some Other Race

17

0.02%

2.01%

7.

White and Black and American Indian

15

0.02%

1.77%

8.

Asian and Some Other Race

13

0.02%

1.53%

9.

Black and Some Other Race

12

0.01%

1.42%

10.

American Indian and Some Other Race

5

0.01%

0.59%

11.

White and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

4

0.00%

0.47%

12.

American Indian and Asian

4

0.00%

0.47%

13.

White and Black and American Indian and Asian and Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander